Impending Amazon tipping point puts biome and world at risk, scientists warn

Mongabay
Jan 27, 2020, 10:52 am168 pts
Amazon trees may not die immediately in a severe drought, but weakened trees can die off many years afterward, even after several years of regular rainfall. Image courtesy of NASA/JPL-Caltech/Fotos Públicas. “We’re on the edge of a cliff,” says top climate scientist Carlos Nobre, who published an…

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